File:Human Shadow Etched Position - shadow.jpg

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Granite steps at the entrance to Sumitomo Bank, Hiroshima, Japan, showing the shadow that is believed to have been caused by a human sitting on them during the atomic bomb attack.

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English: Hiroshima, Japan, 1946: Granite steps at the entrance to the Sumitomo Bank, showing the shadow that is believed to have been caused by a human sitting on them during the atomic bomb attack. See File:Human Shadow Etched Position.jpg for companion photograph showing the sitting position believed to have caused the shadow. See also File:Human Shadow Etched Position - 2up.jpg for a composite photograph.
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Source Still from US military created film, "FLASH BURN AND SHADOW DETAIL," US National Archives and Records Administration, 342-USAF-11077 (material filmed sometime from March 13, 1946 through April 8, 1946). Sequence it is taken from starts at 10:30 and goes until 12:03.
Author United States military
Camera location34° 23′ 30.5″ N, 132° 27′ 07.5″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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